Hi S Friday, January 2, 2004, 5:24:28 PM, you wrote:
SJL> This may not be an appropriate question to ask on this list - and one SJL> impossible to answer anyway - but I will ask anyway... SJL> What is 'better': The Bat! or Pocomail? There was another thread on this some time ago that you might want to check out. Poco's interface is beautiful. Outright winner in the usability shootouts in my opinion. Its more powerful features are often a match for TB's, and are more easily used. The HTML sanitizing features are another part that is impressive from a security standpoint. TB's HTML capability is better left unspoken about, since the many threads on this list will have shown you how far it has to go yet. Poco's is polished, though I didn't use it much either. I played with Poco a few months ago, but resisted changing because I hadn't fully experimented with TB's very powerful macros and templates. I didn't want to give up on TB without doing that. TB's templates are better, but then Poco has its own scripting language that could do wonders for you if you know how to use it well. TB has other advantages. Speed, for one. You'll quickly notice that Poco is pretty slow at downloading lots of mail. This won't be a problem if you don't receive a lot, but if you plan on subscribing to heavy-traffic mailing lists, be prepared to wait a lot. I used version 3, though, and the mailing lists had posts after that on how the speed was improved significantly in the later betas. My speed comment may be out of date now. Poco also tended to crash somewhat more than TB, and the user forums reveal other bugs that people weren't happy about. Since there's only one developer for Poco, that's understandable. (Hats off to the guy for the singlehanded effort he's pulled off). I don't like several things about TB - the HTML rendering, attachment handing and user interface primarily. But ultimately, I stuck with it because it was just plain too much bother to switch, with all the address book and other incompatibilities. Cheers, -- Vishal ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.02.3 CE | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
